Former Trudy's Texas Star restaurant in Austin catches fire again, second time since 2019

AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Fire Department responded to a fire at a building that was formerly Trudy’s Texas Star in Central Austin.

Crews responded to 409 W 30th St. early Thursday morning. The department posted about the incident on X at 2:16 a.m.

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When firefighters arrived, heavy smoke was coming from the building.

The restaurant previously caught on fire in Nov. 2019. Although it reopened in May of the following year, it is currently listed as “temporarily closed” on Google. The exterior of the building is covered in graffiti.

CBS Austin has reached out to Trudy’s for more information.